The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-05-19
Generalities.

|
Sir William Young. cX-Chief Justice of Now
Scotia, is dead.
Consul General Walker of Paris is understood
to have resi- signed.
The American exhibition in London wa
formally opened May 9th.
The Atchison, Topeka 4 Santa Fe system Of
railroads has 80, 900 employees.
The yearly drive of Texas cattle into India,
| Territory aggregates boot bead
The loss by fire in New Hampshire 50 fal
i'll 1SS1 has been unusually heavy.
Mexico is about to eNpend 900 in inn
proving the halbur of Vera Cruz.
All cattlemcn and other whites have beer
ordered oti the Cheyenne reservation.
Buffalo Bill has ,lined with Mr.. Gladstone
and been received by the Prince of Wales.
Robert Burns chair has come into possession,
of the Historical Society Of Pennsylvania.
The largest Bessamer steel plant In the South
began operations on May 7th at Chattanooga
1t is reported that the Gar and the Pope
are arranging union of the Greek and Roman
| churches.
Prince Frederick Leopold, grandson of En-.
peror William is travelling in the United States
| incognito
The members of the Inspecting Board do not
| think that il will he necessary to condemn the
| monitors.
The Spanish Chamber Of Deputies has. hy a
vote of 20? to 80. adopted bill establishing
trial by jury.
The British commissioners and the Virginia
| Legislature could not agree on Il settlement of
| The stat" debt.
| Secretary Whitney has decided to order the
| repair of the United States steamship Hartford.
now at Mare Island. California.
The Treasury Department will at once pro-
cectl tp the erection of Il new silver vault for
! the storage cf the silver dollars.
! The Interstate law. it is alleged ha. diverted
large contracts from the American tran>conti-
mental roads to the Canadian Pacific.
| Simon Cameron. who is over ninety years of
age. is i'll Washington visiting his son. lie looks
| As hale and vigorous rs man of sixty.
The Gar has committed all the death SEN
ttnce> passed upon those who attempted to a>>as-
| sinate him to life imprisonment except two.
| The Indians on the S;,c Coellr d'OrcilIes Res
ervatioM. Wisconsin, have deposited $50 .6lS. IL
OF their savings in the Ashland National Bank.
The largest insurance carried on the life of
| any individual. insurance men say. is that of
81 900 900 on the life of Dr. lIo>tclter of Pitts
burg.
| Gambling for h.h figures is reported to be
| on the increase in New York. Sums of from
| $4,000 to So 900 are frequently lost by the
| turn Of Il card.
| 4 Young man of Florida won wager by eat
ing fortv-tWo oranges at one meal. Amusement
has been needed in Florida since the departure
| of winter visitors.
Lebanon. y. H.. was almost totally DESTROYED
by fire last week. Fifly-vc factories and
twenty-five dwellings are in run>. the loss be-
| n~ over ,i:'OO.OU0
General Greeley. now the chief signal officer,
has been awarded by the Paris Geographical
Society gold medal in recognition of his SER
vices in geographical science.
The President has removed another bunch of
Po>master> in Western States. 1t is the old
>tory--the Offices We're wanted for Democrats.
and Democrats got them.
The captain of the British ship Boutwell,, at
Liverpool. from san Francisco. has been fined
| ten @uineaS. with costs. by the Board of Trade.
for wilfuy nc=lectin" to carry side lights.
Smallpox is rapidly spreading in parts of
Cuba. There are fully 40 eases among the ne
groe>. They say that If il is Gods will they
mu>i have the disease, anl will not be vaccine
ted.
The Princess of Wales. is having her da,,yh-
tiers taught drc>>-making. She has determin-
ell that the: shall make some of their own
gowns. as an example to poor but proud gentle
women.
knights OF Labor i'm Newark explain that
Mr.. Henry George. when asked to preside at
an entertainment for the benefit of strikers.
remarked that she did not see any money in it
for him..
Mexico insists that the Government lines
shall have monopoly OF the telegraph bll>i-
ness of the country The railroads and other
owner. of private lines are disposed to resist
the claim
\ bill to repeal the Canada Temperance act
known is the ''Srult act" under which any
| county can prohibit the manufacture or sale of
liquor within its borders. has been introduced
in Parliament
The Railway AGE publishes the fact that 124
miles of new track have been added to the rail-
way system Of the country since April |. EN-
traordinary activity in railway building is eN-
parted this year.
Cannibali>m is rampant among Il tribe of In
dan> near Bella toola i'm British Columbia
They live in Il secluded region out of the course
of traders or pro-pector>. and have no contact
| with civilization.
| The Pope has summoned three cardinals to
| confer with him upon the question of recon-
cilation with the Italian government. and to
| arrange conditions upon which the Vatican will
| consent to negotiate.
| 1t is announced that Great Britain has sane
| toned the Newfoundland legislation which
prohibited natives from selling bait to foreign
| fishermen. This affects Frcnchmen more scr-
| ously than Americans.
| Nhn fnt al n nInr nf l,l,, triE l.
outs this year to April 30 is 376. against - re-
| ported in like portion of last year. The total
number of men involved is AS 900 against $780,
| OO0. gain of II per cent.
| Very heavy thunder storms are reported in
| various parts OF central and southern New
York and northern Pennsylvania. In several
| instances persons We're killed by the lightning
and much property burned.
| 1t is understood that the new civil service
rules will he applied at once in the War Depart
! mpnt. The tests will be less strictly of liter
AIRY character and of more practical value. The
examinations for promotions will be conpuI-
| sorry.
An unusually large number of cities in Mas
>achu>ctts this year have voted not to grant IL
quor licenses. The result is that in Springfield,
Brockton. Northampton. Fall River, Cam
bridge, IINerhill and New Bedford the saloons
are closed.
The yacht race proposed to be held during.
the celebration at Halifax of Queen Victoria'S
jubilee has been thrown open to all United
| States yachts. instead of to only the best boats
of Boston and New York squadrons. The first
prize will be $500 silver cup, and several 9TH
cr valuable prizes will be added.
An Indian ma.natc. the Maharajah of Ja!I-
pore, lost six boxes of Jewels in the sinking OF
the steamship Tasmania OIL the Corsican coast
last month. and he demands 800, 900 from the
steamship company rs indemnity. The jewels
were left with the captain, who. having saved
his passengers went down with his ship.
At the beginning of the civil war u Southern
grocer left his property, valued at about S4O0
North, fearing that his estate would be confis
Gated. Six years ago he made investigation te
ascertain if there We're anything left, and few
days ago he received $GiS, 900 from his ol,
partner.
Rev. W. T.. c. Smith of Emanuel Church
Boston, informs the Treasury Department tina
he proposes to import from England an irol
church edifice. and requests TO be infOrme,
whether it will be entitled to free entry. As
sistant Secretary Maynard has written him tha
there is 10 law which would authorize the fire,
admission Of the article mentioned.
NJ. ii. Mosman, the sculp ptor of Chicopee, La
been given the commission to execute in bronZ
the equestrian statue of Gen. ULYSSES $. Gran
for the city of Chicago. The statue is now be
; ing modelled by Sculptor Rcbisso ut Cincinnati
and it will be the largest equestrian figure eve
cast in this country. being IS IA feet high from
l Al A1...A Z 4 H.. H.